(October 23, 2015 at 8:18 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: So after the purity wedding thread I started wondering why on earth PoC cling to religion that so deeply opresses/Ed them?
You could probably ask the same question about the rest of Europe while it was being conquered by the Roman empire which is pretty much credited for the spread of Christianity if I remember rightly.
Plus I don't see it as being Christianity that oppressed anyone, it just happened to be the religion of the people doing the oppression, a lot of the first abolitionists were Christian. People of colour, like anyone else, are oppressed by people in a stronger position who want their resources.
It's a good question though, I did wonder while I was working with people from Africa in work why it is they have such an unquestioning belief in the bible and a pretty aggressive stance against homosexuality.
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